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31Aug No Comments
No Comments The Marblehead Farmers’ Market: Saturday, Sept. 3
Shoppers can expect to find a variety of winter squash, corn, peaches, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, summer squash, fresh onions, cabbage, beets, radishes, potatoes, beans, carrots, mushrooms, as well as a wide variety of salad and cooking greens, cut flowers, potted plants and much more.
Farms this season are Middle Earth Farm with vegetables. Grant Family Farm will be offering fresh eggs, cut flowers, and vegetables. Bear Hill Farm will have pork, vegetables, and local fruit. Brookford Farm will have vegetables, meat, cheese, fermented products, and cured meats. Iron Ox farm will have vegetables. Anything Grows (Formerly The Herb Farmacy) will have herbs, vegetables, and flower arrangements. Clark Farm will have vegetables and local fruit. Fols...
31Aug 
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No Comments Marblehead Chamber of Commerce names 2022 person of the year
Next month, the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce will bestow its highest accolade - one awarded annually - on Marblehead resident Brian Wheeler, who has been involved in the town's arts scene for decades.
The Chamber will properly honor Wheeler with the Rey Moulton Person of the Year Award when the nonprofit's members convene in the Corinthian Yacht Club, 1 Nahant St., for their 70th annual meeting on Sept. 27.
Wheeler has been the longtime chairperson of the performing arts portion of the Marblehead Festival of Arts, and that job includes oversight of as well as getting the ducks in a row for the Marblehead Crocker Park concert. The undertaking takes a legion of volunteers to pull off and months of planning.
The Crocker Park concert series returned in July after a two-year hiat...
29Aug 
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1 Comment Warwick Cinema reinventing itself post pandemic, launching Warwick TV
The Warwick circa 1945. Courtesy Marblehead Museum
Warwick Cinema, a landmark in Marblehead for more than 100 years, has survived the pandemic and is reinventing itself again.
“We're thinking outside the box,” said Johnny Ray, who co-owns the Warwick and the adjoining restaurant ,The Beacon. “We’ll be doing events other than movies. Of course, we still do first-run movies all the time.”
COVID-19 shut down cinemas for months and slashed profits as people shied away from public indoor spaces. The pandemic also prompted big changes in the movie industry, said Ray.
“Hollywood started releasing movies in theaters and streaming simultaneously and people got acclimated to that. People made investments in their home entertainment systems.”
Ray hopes Hollywood will produce new block...
22Jul No Comments
No Comments A milestone year for two famous Marblehead restaurants
A summer afternoon on the deck at The Landing (Courtesy photo)
It’s mid-afternoon on a sultry summer Tuesday and The Landing is packed with locals and tourists enjoying cocktails, seafood and the view of Marblehead Harbor.
“This place is a landmark,” said Pat Zuchero of Swampscott, as she enjoyed a fish sandwich with a friend. “It’s great to be on a working pier and watch the fishermen. The food here is delicious and the staff is wonderful.”
The Landing is celebrating its 50th anniversary this summer. Just a few hundred yards down Front Street, The Barnacle Restaurant is marking its 75th year. That makes it the oldest family-ownwed restaurant in town.
“We’re also the only restaurant with its own lobster boat,” said The Barnacle’s owner Jay Sahagian. His aunt, Lynn ...
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No Comments The Marblehead Farmers’ Market July 23
Middle Earth Farm will have vegetables. Grant Family Farm will be offering fresh eggs, cut flowers, and vegetables. Bear Hill Farm will have pork, vegetables, and local fruit. Brookford Farm from Canterbury, NH will have vegetables, meat, cheese, fermented products and cured meats. Anything Grows (Formerly The Herb Farmacy) will have herbs, vegetables, and flower arrangements. Clark Farm will have vegetables and local fruit. Valicenti Organico will be offering their farm made pasta and red gravy. Cloutman Farm will be at the market with mushrooms. Al’s Hives and Honey will be at the market with honey and other products. O’Brien’s Gardem Center will have potted plants and hanging baskets.
Attendees can expect to find tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, summer squash, fresh on...
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No Comments Abbot Public Library to host North Shore Career Center on July 27
Teens ages 16 and older as well as adults are invited to stop by the Career Center on Wednesday, July 27 from 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. in Abbot Public Library’s Meeting Room. A representative of MASSHIRE - North Shore Career Center will be on hand to discuss the different services they offer, which include:
Career Coach Advising - An opportunity where residents can speak one-on-one with an Advising Coach about the possibility of any training opportunities offered at MHNSCC. Training opportunities such as Career Certifications, Industry-Specific Training (Healthcare, Manufacturing), or simply Career Pathways.Job Search Assistance - This is a unique chance to review the labor market in various industries and discuss salary expectations, résumé reviews, and connections with meaningful jobs and ...